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James Webb Space Telescope Finds New Moon Orbiting Uranus

NASA’s Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus

NEW YORK (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles wide. It was spotted by the telescope’s near-infrared camera during observations in February.

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The James Webb Space Telescope Finds New Moon Orbiting Uranus

For now, the tiny new moon has a clunky name, but if it passes peer review, they might call it something better.

Space.com on MSN · 1d

Scientists find tiny new moon around Uranus with the James Webb Space Telescope (photos, video)

A team led by scientists at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Colorado made 10 different 40-minute exposures of Uranus using JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) in order to find the small moon. Its discovery brings the total number of known Uranian moons to 29.

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James Webb Space Telescope's 'Warped' El Gordo Galaxy Cluster View Explained

James Webb Space Telescope has delivered stunning views of the "gravitationally distorted realms" of the El Gordo galaxy ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope launches soon. Here's what it ... - NPR

The James Webb Space Telescope has technology that should let it see back to 100 million to 200 million years after the Big Bang. "So really, the period when we think the very first galaxies ...

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How NASA’s new telescope can see back in time – and you can do it too

NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever built. It should give us unprecedented views of the universe and will technically be able to look back in time.

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